[Elecraft] K3 Display is Dated...

[brian]

Don,

Agree.  However, there is a need to update the "displays" for functions 
that were shoe horned into the K3 well after the display was cast in 
concrete.

Things like a flashing decimal point.  What the heck does that mean?
There are about a dozen such "non-intuitive" displays which could 
benefit from some more obvious icon.

It would also be nice if the DATA display would actually tell us which 
K3 data mode is being used.

The chief beneficiaries would be people who use the K3 stand alone with 
no computer.  Logging programs generally solve the above problems.

73 de Brian/K3KO



On 5/31/2017 0:26 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> I have to agree, "the kiss principle" Keep is simple stupid - works
> every time.
> While 'glitsy' displays are pretty to watch, they often do not convey
> relevant information, or that information is buried in the 'glitz' and
> not easily recognized at a glance.
>
> The K3, KX3, KX2 displays show the VFO frequency as the predominate
> display with the VFO B as a slightly lesser predominance.  Other
> functions are indicated to tell you what is going on.  Everything needed
> is there.
>
> I have to contrast that to some of the displays I see on my tablet.  I
> have to hunt around the display to find the item of interest.
>
> Touchscreen - no thanks - I would need a stylus and not all stylus
> touches produce the desired action (if my tablet is any example).  That
> uncertainty is not something I need in a radio.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 5/30/2017 8:08 PM, Roger Meadows wrote:
>> When I worked in industrial automation the graphics on the control
>> stations displays were getting fancier and fancier. The fancier they
>> got, the more cluttered than got. Then, the industry as a whole
>> started noting that more accidents were happening and missed alarms.
>> They, because the displays were to cutsie.
>>
>> What then happened over the next few years and is standard now is very
>> plain graphics and displays so information does not get lost in the
>> clutter.
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